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STATE L1VL5TOCK SANITARY 
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January 1, 1910 



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Montana 
Livestock Sanitary Board 



DR. WM. TRLACY, Chairman 
T. C. POWLR 

JAML5 T. STANFORD, Great Falls 
DR. M. L. KNOWLLS, Secretary 



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HOUSE BILL NO. 324. 

"An Act to establish a State Livestock Sanitary Board ; to pro- 
vide for tlie appointment of special Deputy State Veterinary 
Surgeons; to define the duties and powers of said State Live- 
stock Sanitary Board and the duties and powers of the State 
Veterniary Surgeon and Deputies Veterinary Surgeon with 
the State Livestock Sanitary Board ; to provide for the erad- 
ication of disease in domestic animals, their quarantine and 
sanitary inspection ; to amend section 3016 of the Political 
Code relating to the stock indemnity fund ; and to provide 
penalties for the violation of this act ; and to provide for the 
transfer of money from the general fund to the Stock 
Indemnity Fund." 
Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mon- 
tana : 

Section i. The president of the board of stock commissioners, 
tl.'e president of the board of sheep commissioners, and the pres- 
ident of the state board of health, shall, exofificio, constitute a 
board to be known as the State Livestock Sanitary Board. Said 
board shall have the powers and perform the duties hereinafter 
defined and a majority of aaid board shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business. 

The board shall organize by electing one of their number 
chairman, and whenever the personnel of said board changes, 
by the advent of a new member, the board shall again organize 
by electing a chairman. The state veterinary surgeon shall 
exofficio, act as secretary of said board, without extra compen- 
sation. 

The members of said board, who are not receiving annual or 
monthly salaries as officials of the state, or state boards, or of 
any county, shall receive the sum of Five Dollars per day for 
each day the board is in session, and all members shall receive 
their actual and necessary traveling expenses in going to and 
from meetings of the board. Adl claims for per diem and 
expenses must be sworn to and accompanied with vouchers for 
each item of expense, and audited and allowed by the state board 
of examiners against the fund hereinafter provided for. 

^Meetings of the board shall be held upon call of the chair- 



man, after giving reasonable notice, to the members of the time 
and place and must not exceed two meetings a year, except in 
cases of urgent necessity where immediate action of said board 
is required to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious 
diseases. 

Sec. 2. The state veterinary surgeon may by and with the 
approval and consent of the state livestock sanitary board, here- 
inafter referred to as the sanitary board, appoint not more than 
three permanent, special deputies, as occasion may require 
hereinafter referred to as deputies, who must be graduates of a 
regular and reputable veterinary college or veterinary depart- 
ment cf a regular and reputable university. Each deputy perm- 
anently appointed shall receive a salary of Fifteen Hundred Dol- 
lars ($1,500.00) per annum, together with actual and necessary 
traveling expenses. The said deputies may be removed by the 
state veterinary surgeon and sanitary board at any time without 
cause. The state veterinary surgeon and the sanitary board, act- 
ing jointly are hereby authorized to appoint in various locali- 
ties of this state, from among veterinarians permanently located 
therein, deputy veterinary surgeons ; and who must have the 
same qualifications as special deputies, who shall be subject to 
the orders of the state veterinary surgeon and the sanitary board, 
and who, together with the permanently employed deputies and 
the state veterinary surgeon, shall have equal powers, under the 
direction of the state veterinary surgeon and sanitary board, in 
enforcing the provisions of this act. Such deputies however, 
shall be paid only for actual services performed w:hen directed 
so to do by the state veterinary surgeon or sanitary board, and 
for such services when so directed shall receive the sum of Six 
Dollars ($6.00) per diem, together with actual traveling 
expenses. 

Sec. 3. Subject to the approval of the chief of the Bureau of 
Animal Industry of the United States, federal inspectors ma}- 
also be appointed deputy state veterinary surgeons by the state 
veterinary surgeon with the approval and consent of the sani- 
tary board. When so appointed they shall act without bond or 
compensation, and possess all the powers and duties of special 
state veterinary surgeons, and shall hold such appointments at 
the pleasure of the state veterinary surgeon and the sanitary 
board, so long as they remain inspectors of said bureau and as 
such are stationed in this state. 



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Sec. 4. Tlie state veterinary surgeon shall have the power, 
and it shall be his duty : 

1. To act as chief executive sanitary ofifi'cer of the sanitary 
board, and to do all other things necessary or proper to the suc- 
cessful enforcement of this act. * 

2. To control and supervise and direct the action of all depu- 
ties. 

3. To enter on or in and examine any car, yard, stable, steam 
boat, corral, or other building or any premises and to examine 
any live stock therein or thereon, and otherwise to do therein 
or thereon whatever may be found necessary or proper in the dis- 
charge of his official duties. 

4. To quarantine any animal or animals suffering from or 
exposed to any contagious, infectious, enzootic, epizootic, or 
dangerous disease ; to prohibit their moving or transportation 
without a certificate from him, and to quarantine premises 
infected or believed to be infected ; and to superintend and con- 
trol the disinfection or any such premises, and to use any cura- 
tive, protective or immunizing antitoxins or serum, or any diag- 
nostic agents as needed, and to order and accomplish the 
slaughter of live stock sufifering from dangerously contagious or 
infectious disease, or incura-ble disease ; or live stock exposed to 
disease, the slaughter or quarantine or which may become neces- 
sary under regulations of the board; and to order and accom- 
plish the disposition of the carcasses of such slaughtered live 
stock; and to superintend, control and accomplish the burial or 
other disposition of the carcasses of any animal dying from any 
of said diseases. 

5. To make complaint against any person or persons violating 
any law relative to live stock, and procure a warrant whenever 
conditions permit ; and to bring the person or persons before the 
proper magistrate or officer and notify said sanitary board there- 
of and of his action. 

Sec. 5. The state veterinary surgeon and the sanitary board 
shall have power, and it is their duty, in addition to the powers 
now conferred on them by law : 

1. To supervise and control the action of all deputies and 
inspectors, and to prescribe regulations to govern them. 

2. To remove all its appointees, subordinates and servants at 
any time without cause. 



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3. To supervise the sanitary conditions of live stock of this 
state; to determine and employ the most efficient and practical 
means to prevent, suppress, control and eradicate dangerous, 
contagious, infectious, enzootic, epizootic, or any dangerous non- 
contagious disease among live stock within, or live stock com- 
ing into or going out of this state, and must recommend to the 
Governor when necessary the issuance of ciuarantine proclama- 
tions against domestic animals in other states, territories or for- 
eign countries, as occasion demands, and it is hereby made the 
Governor's duty to issue such quarantine proclamations as may 
be requested by the state veterinary surgeon and sanitary board 
against all domestic animals coming into this state from with- 
out, or to set aside and specify general quarantine areas within 
this state on account of animal diseases, when so recpiested by 
the sanitary board. 

4. To establish and maintain all and any live stock sanitary 
regulations that may be deemed expedient ; or as may be from 
time to time necessary to prevent and suppress contagious, 
infectious or dangerous animal diseases. Provided that all sani- 
tary regulations adopted by the state veterinary surgeon and 
sanitary board, or to be recommended to the Governor^ shall as 
far as is possible, be in conformity and harmony with the reg- 
ulations in that regard of the Secretary of Agriculture of the 
United States, as the same may exist from time to time ; and 
provided further, that in cases of acutely contagious or rapidly 
fatal diseases, such as anthrax, rinderpest, foot and mouth dis- 
ease, hog cholera, swine plague, variola or pox, contagious 
abortion ophthalmia, colt distemper, or malignant catarrh or 
rabies, the powers conferred by this paragraph on the board may 
be exercised by the chairman, and provided further that such 
sanitary board shall cause copies of their regulations from time 
to time to be printed and furnished to all railway common car- 
riers within this state and all deputies within this state, mem- 
bers of the different health board and to the sheriffs of each 
county within the state, who shall keep them posted in their 
offices, and shall furnish from the office of the state veterinary 
surgeon other copies thereof whenever requested from time to 
time. 

5. To aid the prosecution of all alleged violations of the law, 
or violations of the regulations prescribed in conformity with 



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this act, and to aid prosecution for interfering with the lawful 
action of their appointive officers. 

6. To direct and regulate the slaughter of all diseased animals 
and the dipping and treating thereof for disease, and to order 
and regulate the gathering and handling of range and other live 
stock to that end, and to make all and any necessary regulations 
or rules or orders relative to the gathering, handling and treat- 
ing or destruction of any animals mentioned herein suffering 
from or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease. 

7. In the case of scabies, or any other contagious or infectious 
disease among domestic animals on the public range, if after 
due notification, the owner, agent or person in charge fails, 
within ten days, subsequent to such notification from the state 
veterinary surgeon or deputy, or sanitary board, to take such 
animal or animals up and properly treat the same, under the 
direction of the state veterinary surgeon, or deputy, then the 
sanitary board shall have authority to order the rounding up of 
such animal or animals and procure the proper treatment of the 
same by the state veterinary surgeon or deputy, all of which 
expense shall be a first lien upon the animal or animals and said 
lien shall take precedence over all other liens. Provided, in 
case of scabies the time for gathering and rounding up range 
animals may be extended by written order of the sanitary board 
to a period not exceeding sixty days from date of notification, 
or in case of emergency, on account of acutely fatal diseases, 
may be limited by said board to twenty-four hours or less, as in 
their judgment is necessary. 

Provided further, that if any of said domestic animals on the 
public range are estrays and the owner thereof is not known 
and cannot with reasonable diligence be found, then the sani- 
tary board shall have the same authority to order the rounding 
up of and to procure the treatment of said animal or animals as 
is herein conferred upon it in handling animals other than 
estrays, and said estray animals shall be subjected to all the pro- 
visions of this section ; and provided further, that any animal or 
animals upon which a lien is created by this section, may upon 
order of the sanitary board, be sold at public sale to the highest 
bidder, after at least ten days' notice, to be given in such man- 
ner as the sanitary board may provide. The proceeds from 
such sale to be applied, first in satisfying said lien and the bal- 



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ance if any to be turned over to the owner if known. If the 
owner of the animal or animals so sold is not known then the 
balance, if any, to be deposited with the secretary of the board 
of stock commissioners, to be by him held subject to proof of 
ownership of the animal or animals sold for a period of two 
years from date of sale, at which time if no person has proven 
his ownership of the animal or animals sold, such balance must 
be transferred to the credit of the stock indemnity fund, and no 
action for the recovery thereof by the owner of such animal or 
animals or his assigns shall thereafter be maintained. 
Sec. 6. Two classes of animals may be slaughtered : 

1. Animals determined by either the state veterinary surgeon 
or a deputy to be affected with disease requiring slaughter. No 
animals of this class shall be paid for, save when a mistake as 
to the existence of a slaughterable disease is discovered upon 
autopsy. 

2. Animals so exposed to disease as to require their slaughter 
as a sanitary safeguard. There shall be paid for subject to the 
conditions hereafter mentioned in this section, and as provided in 
section 8 of this act. No payments to be made for cats and dogs. 
Animals of the second class shall only be killed after notice, 
save those animals not in direct custody of any person and 
whose owner is either unknown or resides so far away as to 
make immediate notice impracticable. And animals of both 
classes shall only be slaughtered by the owner or custodian, or 
his or their agent, or by the state veterinary surgeon or deputy. 
Providing that animals otherwise subject to be paid for on 
slaughter shall not be paid for under any of the following con- 
ditions : 

1. When they belong either to the Uinited States, or to this 
State, or to any municipality therein. 

2. When they have been brought into this State contrary to 
the provisions of this Act, or regulations or orders made there- 
under, or when exposed to disease either before, or at the time 
of their arrival in the state, or when the owner or claimant knew 
they had been exposed when he acquired them. 

3. When, before exposure, it was suffering from any other 
incurable or necessarily fatal disease. 

4. AVhen the owner or custodian has violated the provisions 
of Section 15 of this act, as to notice concerning exposed ani- 
mals or otherwise. 



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Sec. 7. AMien the state veterinar}- surgeon or deputy, shall 
have determined after inspection, that an animal of the first class 
must be slaughtered and notice is required, he shall give written 
notice to either the owner or custodian ; which notice must desig- 
nate the disease, and require such owner or custodian to kill the 
animal, and where burial or burning of the carcass is desired, 
to bury or burn it, in manner and time to be declared therein 
and must be either personally served or served by mail or by 
leaving in daytime at the residence of such owner or custodian, 
with any person over fifteen years of age. 

2. If such owner or custodian fails to comply with such order 
the state veterinary surgeon or a deputy may forthwith 
seize such animal or animals and enforce the order at the cost 
of such owner or custodian. If such owner or custodian dis- 
pute the existence of such disease or any slaughterable disease, 
he shall serve a written notice of protest on the state veterinary 
surgeon or deputy (serving original notice) and shall fix in 
such notice of protest a time and place (the former not later 
than 136 hours after the service of said original notice) when 
and where he will kill such animal or animals. Such notice 
of protest shall be served in season to enal^le the state veter- 
inary surgeon or a deputy to attend the killing, and thereupon 
the state veterinary surgeon or deputy shall attend the killing 
and hold an autopsy on such animal or animals in the presence 
of the owner, or custodian, or any other person by him selected 
to be present. If on such autopsy, no pathological lesion of a 
disease requiring slaughter can be found, the animal or animals 
shall be paid for as in the case of animals of the second class. 
But if found part of the tissue of each animal showing such lesion 
shall at the time be delivered to such owner, custodian or repre- 
sentative, the receipt of the latter taken therefor, and another 
part of said tissue and said receipt sent to the state veterinary 
surgeon who shall retain them until the claim is finallv disposed 
of. On any killing after notice of protest a right of action shall 
arise in favor of the owner or custodian, against said sanitary 
board; but recovery in such action shall not be had unless the 
non-existence of such lesion at the time of the killing be aiifirm- 
atively proven. And judgment recovered by any plaintiff in such 
action shall be paid out of the stock indemnity fund, created by 
this act. In all cases where animals of the first class are killed 
without notice, autopsy shall be held, and a certificate of the dis- 



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covery or non-discovery of lesion, together with part of tissue 
forwarded the state veterinary surgeon as above, save when the 
animal or animals to be slaughtered show unmistakable symp- 
toms of disease requiring slaughter, in which event a certificate 
stating said fact shall be forwarded the veterinary surgeon. 

3. When no lesion is found and the value of the meat for 
human consumption has not been afifected. the veterinary sur- 
geon holding autopsy shall issue a permit of sale and the carcass 
may be sold for food. After inspection and proper certification 
of such fact is made by the state veterinary surgeon or deputy. 

Sec. 8. Whenever animals are to be paid for under the pro- 
visions of this act. they shall be paid for out of the stock indem- 
nity fund, by this act created, upon an order of said board, after 
the valuation thereof has been to it certified. Said valuation 
must he made Ijv the veterinary surgeon or deputy veterinary 
surgeon ordering the slaughter or killing of the animals on hold- 
ing the autopsv or in case of animals of the second class killed 
by order of veterinary surgeon or deputy veterinary surgeon or 
by the state veterinary surgeon on information to him furnished 
by said deputy, he must truly estimate the actual cash value at 
the time of killing, but in no instance shall his valuation exceed 
the following: 

In the case of cattle : For common l^loods. not exceeding 
$35.00 per head for any male animal, four years old and upwards, 
and for any female animal four years old and upwards, not 
exceeding $25.00 per head, and proportionately less for lesser 
ages. For graded stock, not exceeding $40.00 per head for any 
male animal four years old and upwards, and for any female ani- 
mal four years old and upwards not exceeding $35.00 
per head and proportionately less for lesser ages. And for all 
full bloods, for any male animal four years old and upwards 
not exceeding $100.00 per head, and for any female animal four 
years old and upwards not exceeding $75.00 per head and pro- 
portionately less for lesser ages. In the case of horses, for com- 
mon bloods, not exceeding $25.00 per head for each animal four 
years old and upwards and proportionately less for lesser ages. 
For graded stock for each animal four years old and upwards, 
not exceeding $50.00 per head, and proportionately less for lesser 
ages. And for full l^loods for any animal four years old and 
upwards, not exceeding $125.00 per head and proportionately 



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less for lesser ages. In the case of goats and swine, not exceed- 
ing their market value for meat by weight. 

A slaughterable disease shall be deemed any disease contag- 
ious or infectious that is incurable and dangerous or commun- 
icable to mankind, such as Glanders among horses, asses and 
mules ; or Tuberculosis, Rabies and Anthrax among all animals. 
Provided that in tuberculosis of cattle, the sanitary board may 
direct the state veterinary surgeon to detain such cattle in quar- 
intine subject to eradication by the so-called Bang System or 
other improved system approved by said board. 

Sec. 9. The owner or custodian shall be alike liable for 
expense incurred in the treatment, dipping, handling, of any live 
stock under the provisions of this act, and whatever such owner 
or custodian is so liable for any such expense, the said sanitary 
board may have a lien on such live stock and any other live 
stock owned by the person liable, which lein shall be a first lein 
and superior to any other lein, claim or demand against said 
property. The sanitary board may also maintain a civil action 
for the amount of such expense against the person liable there- 
for. 

Sec. 10. It is hereby made the duty of the state and several 
local boards of health of any county, city, town or village in the 
state, to co-operate with and assist the said sanitary board in all 
matters, relating to the execution of its sanitary powers as to 
live stock under this act, in such manner as may be by said 
sanitarv board prescribed, either by general regulation or direct 
order. 

Sec. II. Anv person including the owner or custodian, who 
has reason to suspect the existence of any disease mentioned 'in 
this act among live stock, or the presence of exposed animal or 
animals at any point within the state shall forthwith give notice 
thereof to the state veterinary surgeon. 

Sec. 12. AVhenever in the exercise of their powers or the dis- 
charge of their duties, it shall become necessary or proper, for 
any member of said sanitary board, or state veterinary surgeon, 
or any of his deputies, to investigate facts and conditions, he is 
hereby authorized to administer oaths, take affidavits and com- 
pel the attendance and testimony of witnesses being given for 
such purpose all the powers of a notary public. 

Sec. 13. The phrase "dangerous, contagious, infectious, 
enzootic and epizootic" as used in this act, shall be deemed to 



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include g-lanclers, farcy, tuberculosis, anthrax, rinderpest, rabies, 
foot and mouth disease pleuro-pneumonia, cholera, swine plague, 
variola or pox, contagious abortion, contagious ophthalmia, mal 
du coit, coital exanthema, scab or scabbies, or any other con- 
tagious skin disease, blackleg, malignant catarrh, and any other 
disease of live stock that may be controlled or eradicated by 
sanitary measures or regulations. 

The word "live stock," as used in this act, shall be deemed to 
include horses, mules, asses and cattle, goats, swine, dogs and 
cats. 

Sec. 14. That Section 3016 of the Political Code be and the 
same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 

3016. The state treasurer is hereby authorized to transfer out 
of any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, 
the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, which, in addition to the 
sum now carried in the stock indemnity fund, shall be known as 
the "Stock Indemnity Fund," which fund must be used exclus- 
ively to defray all expenses created by this act, except the sal- 
ries of the state veterinary surgeon, his regular deputies and his 
stenographer, which shall be paid out of the general fund. 

Sec. 15. If any owner or custodian or any other person shall 
wilfullv or intentionally break any quarantine and remove any 
quarantined animal or animals from any established quarantine 
to another point; or shall take any animal or animals into any 
established quarantine; or shall wilfully or intentionally drive 
or transport from one point to another any animal or animals 
known by him to be affected with or exposed to any contagious 
or infectious disease ; or shall wilfully or intentionally, dispose 
of the carcass of any affected or exposed animal or animals of 
any kind for consumption as food; or shall wilfully or inten- 
tionally sell milk from any such animal or animals, wdthout per- 
mit from the state veterinary surgeon, or deputy, or fails to 
notify the state veterinary surgeon of the existence of contagious 
or infectious disease among his animals, or exposure thereto, or 
shall wilfully violate any provisions of this act. or any regula- 
tions or orders lawfully made in conformity therewith ; or shall 
in any manner hinder, resist or obstruct the execution of any 
such regulation or order, or hinders, resists or obstructs any 
ofificer or employee of said sanitary board in the discharge of his 
duty, or in the exercise of his lawful powers, or shall negligently 
break any quarantine, or negligently suffer any quarantined 



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animal or animals to escape from quarantine or take or allow- 
any animal or animals to go into any quarantine, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a 
fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars, or imprisonment 
in the county jail not more than six months, or both such fine 
and imprisonment. 

Sec. i6. It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent or person 
in charge of, to permit any domestic animal or animals herein 
mentioned, and that is known to be sufifering from or exposed to 
any contagious or infectious disease, to run at large on the 
public range or public highways, and each such ofifense shall 
be punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than 
$500.00 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not 
more than six months or both. 

Sec. 17. Breaking quarantine shall mean the taking of any 
animal or animals or allowing any animal or animals (of the 
kind quarantined by the state veterinary surgeon or a deputy) 
to go into or out of any building, corral, premises or range 
quarantined by the state veterinary surgeon or a deputy. 

Sec. 18. The state veterinary surgeon shall make, on or before 
thj tenth of December each year, a written report to the .san- 
itary board, which report must be transmitted by them to the 
governor. The deputy veterinary surgeons must make monthly 
reports and annual report to the state veterinary surgeon, such 
report to be included in the annual report of the state veterinary 
surgeon. 

Sec. 19. All acts and parts of acts in any manner conflicting 
vn'tii this act are hereby repealed, saving, however, the right 
to prosecute all civil or criminal actions that may have arisen 
under these provisions, which actions may be prosecuted with 
like force and efifect as if said act had not been repealed. 

.Sec. 20. This act shall take efifect and be in force from and 
after its passage and approval by the governor. 

E. W. KING, 

Speaker of the House. 
EDWIN L. NORRIS, 

President of the Senate. 
Ap]>roved March 7. 1907. 

J. K. TOOLE, Governor. 
Filed March 7, 1907, at 9:12 o'clock p. m. 
A. N. YODER, Secretary of State. 



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Livestock Sanitary Board 



General Regulations 



Now Effective 



Glanders. 

Tuberculosis. 

Scab. 

Rules for Disinfection. 

Indorsed Dips. 

Recipe for Whitewash, 

Office of the Secretary, Helena, j\'Iont., i\Iay 7, 1907. 
The sanitary board directs that all cases of infectious, con- 
tagions, or communicable disease among livestock of Montana 
must be immediately reported to the state veterinary surgeon at 
Helena. Where a deputy state veterinary surgeon discovers 
any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease existing 
among livestock he must immediately report the same to the 
state veterinary surgeon by telegram, telephone or letter. Upon 
receipt of such notice the state veterinary surgeon must immed- 
iately instruct the nearest deputy as to what action shall be 
taken. It is the lawful duty of every citizen of this state to 
immediately report the suspected existence of contagious, infec- 
tious, or communicable disease among livestock to the state 
veterinary surgeon at Helena. 

GLANDERS. 

(Official veterinary surgeons must immediately on determining 
the existence of glanders issue quarrantine on blanks supplied 
by the state veterinary surgeon and must immediately mail 
duplicate quarantine to that officer together with full report of 
all his actions. 

All horses showing unmistakable clinical evidence of glanders 
must be immediately destroyed by the owner or person in charge, 



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under supervision of the official veterinary surg-con, and the 
carcass must be buried not less than six feet in the earth or 
be burned to ashes. Immediately after the slaughter of any dis- 
eased animals the premises must be thoroughly disinfected 
under the supervision of the veterinary surgeon attending the 
slaughter. All exposed horses must be mallein tested at the 
earliest possible moment and all reactors must be destroyed 
under the supervision of an official veterinary surgeon. A typi- 
cal reaction shall be considered as follows: 

THOSE HORSES THAT AFTER INJECTION SHALL 
HAVE A RELATIVELY LARGE AND PAINFUL SWELL- 
ING AT THE POINT OE INJECTION AND THAT HAVE 
ONE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE POST INJECTION TEM- 
PERATURES OE TWO DEGREES OR MOiRE ABOVE 
THE MAXIMUM ANTI-INJECTION TEMPERATURE. 

Horses failing to give a typical reaction, but that manifest 
suspicious evidence, must be detained in quarantine and be 
retested in from thirty to forty days. 

After premises and all objects with which diseased horses 
have been in contact are thoroughly disinfected all horses mal- 
lein tested that have failed to react may be released from quar- 
antine. The official veterinary surgeon may issue a modified 
quarantine on apparently healthy exposed horses, where glanders 
is determined, after the animals showing clinical symptoms have 
been destroyed and all belongings with which the horses have 
come in contact have been disinfected. This conditional or 
modified quarantine to permit such horses to continue in their 
accustomed work pending the arrival of mallein ; on receipt of 
which the official veterinary surgeon must immediateh- test such 
horses, after which test the non-reactors may be released. 

TUBERCULOSIS. 

Where tuberculosis is determined by the official veterinary 
surgeon all the cattle in the herd in which it is discovered must 
be tuberculin tested. The reacting cattle must be immediately 
separated from the healthy and the stables and premises thor- 
oughly disinfected in strict accord with the rules embodied here- 
in and the official veterinary surgeon wnll be required to follow 
the regulations herein laid down relative to the tuberculin test- 



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ing of cattle. Two methods of disposing of tuberculous cattle 
will be permitted. First, slaughter ; second. Bang system of 
eradication ; which system can only profitably apply to full blood 
herds, where expense is of not so much consequence. The 
carcasses of all cattle slaughtered on account of tuberculosis 
may be sold for beef for human consumption, providing the car- 
casses pass the inspecton of the official veterinary surgeon, 
who must not permit any carcass to be disposed of for human 
food if the tuberculosis is generalized. Only carcasses will be 
allow^ed to be sold where the infection is confined to the Media- 
astinal and mesentric lymphatics to a slight degree. Carcasses 
in which large pulmonary abcesses or other extensive tubercu- 
lar lesions are foundi must be burned to ashes or buried in the 
earth not less than six feet deep. 

Where the owner desires to employ the Bang system of eradi- 
cating tuberculosis from his herd, he will be required to furnish 
bond to the livestock sanitary board for the faithful performance 
of the rules laid down by the board in carrying out this system 
and for the safe guarding of the interests of adjacent cattle own- 
ers. 

Directions for Inspecting Herds for Tuberculosis. 

It is imperative that uniformity be observed by oflficial veter- 
inary surgeons in examining and testing herds for tuberculosis, 
and while it is not the desire to interfere with approved methods, 
the following plan is recommended to all official veterinary sur- 
geons. 

The herd should l)e stabled during the time the inspection is 
being made. However, it is not an absolute esential in warm 
weather if the cattle can ])e tied or kept quietly in a small pad- 
dock. If it is necessary to stable animals under unusual condi- 
tions or among unusual surroundings that make them uneasy 
and excited, the tuberculin test must be postponed until the cat- 
tle are accustomed to the changed conditions to which they are 
subjected. 

The herd should be fed and watered as usual during the test. 

The animals must not be allowed to drink freely of cold water 
less than one hour l^efore temperature measurements. 

The inspection should begin with a careful physical exam- 
ination of each animal. This is imperative, for the reason that 
in manv advanced cases of tuberculosis no reaction will follow 



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the injection of tuberculin, experience has shown that these 
cases can be readily discovered by a careful physical examina- 
tion. 

This examination should be complete and include a most care- 
ful examination of the udder and of the superficial lymphatic 
g-lands and a careful ausculation of the lungs. 

Each animal must be numbered and described in such a way 
that it can be recognized with little difficulty and without ques- 

tioil. 

Where cows stand in the same stall all the time, it is well to 
number each stall with chalk, and if the cattle are haltered, 
place a corresponding number on the halter, in addition to which 
it is well to tie a substantial tag on the halter or around the neck 
with corresponding number, all of which numbers must cor- 
respond with the number on the temperature sheet so that each 
animal's temperature may be recorded in its appropriate place 
without danger of mistake or confusion. 

The following procedure will give excellent results: 

1. Take anti-injection temperature every two hours for the 
twelve hours preceding injection in accord with temperature 
chart supplied by the Board. 

2. Inject tuberculin in the evening between the hours of 9 
and 10. The injection must be made with a carefully sterilized 
anti-toxin syringe. The dose must be carefully graduated; the 
most convenient point for injection being back of the left scap- 
ula. Prior to injection, the skin should be carefully washed 
with a five per cent solution of creolin or some other appro- 
priate antiseptic. 

3. The first post injection temperature must be taken not 
later than eight hours after the injection and temperature meas- 
urements, repeated at intervals of two hours for not less than 
ten hours after the taking of the first post injection temperature. 

4. Where there is no elevation of temperature at this time, 
the examination may be discontinued, but if the temperature 
shows an upward tendency, measurements must be continued 
until a distinct reaction is apparent or until temperature begins 

to fall. 

S- If a reaction is apparent after taking the third or fourth 
post iniection temperature, the measurement .of temperature 
must be continued to give complete chart record. 

6. The thermometer used for this work must be an accurate 



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tested thermometer and if several are used, they must be com- 
pared before taking temperatures. 

7. If there is an unusual change of temperature in the stable 
or a sudden change of weather, this fact must be recorded on the 
report blank. 

8. If a cow is in a febrile condition when the initial anti- 
injection temperatures are taken, tuberculin must not be used 
on her, for the reason that in such cases the temperature curve 
is irregular, and the result of the test uncertain. 

9. Calves under three months old must not be tested, as 
results under this age are unsatisfactory. 

10. In old, emaciated animals and in retests, use twice the 
usual dose of tuberculin, or more, according to the condition. 

11. In reporting upon the examination of a herd, the large 
temperature sheet must be filled out and returned to this ofhce, 
together with a more detailed record for each animal proving 
tuberculous. This detailed report should be made out on the 
individual report blank which will be provided for this purpose. 

12. Each reacting animal must be promptly isolated from the 
herd and branded on the left jaw with a "T" two inches across 
by three inches in length. 

13. In making post-mortems the carcasses must be thor- 
oughly inspected and all diseased organs (noted on the blank) be 
fully recorded. 

14. After the completion of the inspection and isolation of 
diseased animals from the herd, the buildings and surroundings 
must l)e thoroughly disinfected in accordance with instructions. 
The veterinary surgeon will be expected to furnish a copy of 
disinfection instructions to owners of herds inspected. 

15. Compare maximum normal and maximum reaction tem- 
perature and if the difference exceeds 2 f., or more, tuberculosis 
is to be assumed. If the difference between the maximum and 
post injction temperature is less than 2 f., it is probable that the 
animal is free from tuberculosis. 

16. AVhen there is any question of doubt in your mind relative 
to a reaction, you will isolate the animal and retest after the 
expiration of thirty or forty days. 

17. The effect of tuberculin on the flow or quality of milk is 
immaterial, providing there is no reaction. If there is the slight- 
est evidence of reaction in any cow, the use of milk from such 
cow must be interdicted. 



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i8. The single or repeated injection of tul)erculin on healthy 
cattle is not injurious to such cattle, a fact that has been proven 
beyond question by repeated investigations by the most accred- 
ited investigators. 

REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ADMISSION OF 
LIVESTOCK INTO THE STATE OF MONTANA 
FROM ALL OTHER STATES, TERRITOR- 
IES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

For Information of Transportation Companies, Livestock Owners 

and Shippers. 

HORSES. 

All horses, mules and asses imported into State of Montana 
must be accompanied by health certificate including mallein test 
certificate, certifying that animals have been examined and 
mallein tested and found free from all contagious and infectious 
disease. 

CATTLE. 

All cattle imported into State of Montana for dairy, breeding 
and feeding purposes must be accompanied by a certificate of 
health and in the case of cattle for dairy and breeding purposes 
a certificate certifying that such animals have been tuberculin 
tested and found free from tuberculosis and all other contagious 
and infectious disease. 

SHEEP. 

All sheep imported into State of Montana must be dipped 
twice in an interval of ten days in a dip approved by the United 
States Biureau of Animal Industry in lime and sulphur or tobacco 
and sulphur, on arrival at destination, or at a safe and conven- 
ient point designated by the State Veterinarian or his Deputy 
by special written order. 

SWINE. 

All swine imiported into State of Montana must come accom- 
panied by a health certificate, stating that no infectioiis swine 
disease exists or has existed in the locality from wihich said ship- 
ment originated within a period of six months — save where 
swine are certified by a duly accredited Federal or State Vet- 
erinarian as having been immunized bv the Dorset-McBride- 



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Niles Serum ; then such swine shall be admitted without hind- 
rance and upon the above specified certification only. 

All swine imported into State of Montana for exhibition pur- 
poses at State or County Fairs must be accompanied by a certi- 
ficate stating- that such swine have been immunized by the 
Dorset-McBride-Niles Hog Cholera Serum, prepared or approved 
by the United States Department of Agriculture. 

CATTLE, SWINE AND SHEEP FOR IMMEDIATE 
SLAUGHTER. 

The above provisions shall not apply to cattle, swine and sheep 
shipped to a point within a State where the United States Bur- 
eau of Animal Industry maintain inspection when such animals 
are certified for immediate slaughter. 

In such cases where shipments of cattle, swine and sheep are 
for immediate slaughter at any point within the State of Mon- 
tana where no inspection is maintained by Federal or State auth- 
orities then a declaration shall accompany the shipment stating 
such animals are for immediate slaughter. 

TESTS. 

All certificates of health and tuberculin and mallein tests shall 
be made and sign.ed by a Federal, State or Deputy State Veter- 
inarian. i\ll mallein and tuberculin tests shall be made by Fed- 
eral, State or Deputy State Veterinarians. Such tests shall con- 
sist of four anti-injection temperatures at intervals of not less 
than two and longer than three hours apart, and not less than 
five post-injection temperatures commencing not to exceed ten 
hours after tmie of injection and up to the twentieth hour after 
injectcn. 

SERUMS. 

All serums used, tuberculin, mallein and hog cholera serum, in 
conducting tuberculin or mallein tests and immunization for hog 
cholera shall be manufactured or approved by the Upited States 
Bureau of Animal Industry. 

HEALTH CERTIFICATES AND TEST CHARTS. 

All certificates must be made on official forms issued by the 
State in which shipment originated, certifying to the above 
inspections and tests. Said certificate to be attached to way bill 
and accompany shipment to destination and the test charts must 



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be immediately mailed to the State Veterinarian of the State to 
which shipment is destined. 

All certificates signed by State Officials shall be on State 
Official blanks furnished by State Sanitary Board or by author- 
ities and all certificates issued by Inspectors of the Bureau of 
Animal Industry shall be upon the official form used by the Bur- 
eau of Animal Industry. 



Local Regulations. 



SCAB. 

All cases of scab among horses or cattle under fence must 
be quarantined with the premises and the animals detained in 
such quarantine until such time as the disease is completely 
eradicated. Under range conditions any cattle or horses known 
to be affected with scab, running on the public range, must be 
immediately rounded up by the owner, agent or person in 
charge, together with those that have been exposed, and must 
be properly treated, under the supervision of an official veterin- 
ary surgeon. Official veterinary surgeons making range investi- 
gations of scab among cattle or horses are required to report 
to the state veterinary surgeon the brands, number affected, 
name and address of the owner, probable number exposed, etc. 

DIPS. 

The use of the following oils for dipping purposes will be 
permitted by the livestock sanitary board ; Beaumont, or other 
similar oil ; lime and sulphur and tobacco and sulphur. 

RULES FOR DISINFECTION. 

1. Permit entrance to all stables of a plentiful amount of sun- 
light. Disease producing germs are promptly destroyed by the 
direct rays of the sun in a short time. They are destroyed 
by less intense light more slowly, but live for long periods in 
dark places. Remember that the best and cheapest disinfectant 
is sunlight. 

2. Clean the Stable Thoroughly. Disinfectants do not destroy 
germs that they do not come in contact with, and in order to 



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permit the disinfectants used sul^sequently to come in contact 
with all the surfaces that may harbor disease producing germs, 
it is essential that these surfaces should be uncovered by the 
removal of the dirt that has accumulated over them. The cleans- 
ing of the stables includes, first, the removal of all manure ; 
second, the removal of piles of hay and fodder ; third, thoroughly 
sweeping the ceiling, walls and floors; fourth, removal of all 
rotten wood-work and loose boards, especially on the floor; 
fifth, the removal of dried accumulations about mangers, floor 
and drains ; sixth, scrubbing mangers, feed boxes, stalls and par- 
titions which should be done by ])oiling hot water and lye. 

3. Apply Chemical Disinfectants, After the stable has been 
thoroughly cleaned as above required, then apply chemical dis- 
infectants. Carbolic acid mixed with water in the proportion of 
I to 20 parts, or i pint to 2^2 gallons of water, to which suf- 
ficient lime is added to make it show where it is applied, and 
should be applied to every part of the stable. Formalin or 
formaldehyde is also an efficient disinfctant and should be 
applied in dombination with whitewash as is the carbolic acid, to 
make it show where applied. 

4. All stables should be whitewashed not less than twice a 
year and in all cases whitewash must be used after disinfection. 

5. Allow stable to remain perfectly empty, if possible, after 
disinfection for several weeks. If this is not possible, then admit 
all the fresh air that can be gotten into the stable by leaving 
the doors and windows open. If barns or stables are but little 
value and impossible to disinfect them, advise burning them 
down. All litter and old woodwork removed from infected 
stables must be burned. 



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WHITE WASH THAT WILL STICK. 

Take half a bushel of unslaked lime, slake it with boiling 
water, cover during- the process to keep in steam, strain the 
liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of 
salt previously dissolved in warm water, three pounds of ground 
rice boiled to a thin paste and stirred in while hot, half a pound 
of Spanish whiting and one pound clean glue, previously dis- 
solved by soaking in cold water, and then hanging over a slow 
fire in a small pot within a larger one filled with water ; add five 
gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir well and let stand a few 
days, covered from dirt. It should be applied hot, for which 
purpose it can be kept in a kettle or portable furnace. 

M. E. KINOWLES. 

Secretarv. 



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